"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Agree with ( একমত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I agree with you on this point
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Worthy of ( যোগ্য ) He is worthy of our praise.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.

Idioms:

  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.